Meet the SAPinsider Experts

Gain insights and connect with the world’s leading SAPinsider Experts, in the largest and fastest-growing SAP membership group.

Experts

  • Vaishali Bhardwaj
    Expert since 2022

    Working as GRC Process Control Product Expert in SAP. Responsible for development and delivery of optimal support of SAP suite of solutions to support the strategic growth of the GRC Process Control. Ensure incident management, quality management and problem resolution for SAP Process Control incidents. Expertise in handling customer, escalations and understanding the impact of the issue on the customer's business.
  • Craig L. Brown, Sr.
    Expert since 2022

    As the Principal of one of a few US based certified SAP ALM Hub Partner and Tricentis TOSCA Certified Implementation Partner, Craig Brown leads the Transformation Architect team at Xceleon. A proven leader and an invaluable resource in Information Technology, government, public, and private entities utilize his management skills and keen ability to identify technology-based value opportunities. His 33-year career started in the United States Army as a highly decorated enlisted soldier who globally managed troops to deliver classified mission-critical communications during both peace and wartime efforts. After his honorable service was complete, he joined the private sector, where he held positions that utilized his vast knowledge in technology, management, and process design & application development. His management skills make him a natural leader when guiding resources from multiple business units, as he incorporates processes across various platforms. As a volunteer, Craig has served with SAP's ASUG Solution Manager Special Interest Group (SIG) as the Solution Manager Community Facilitator, focusing on the SAP Solution Manager influence counsel for nine years. In addition to educating the SAP Community about SAP Solution Manager's latest and greatest features and benefits, he also teaches certified application lifecycle management tools tightly integrated with SAP Solution Manager to facilitate value-driven projects and solutions. Craig is also the ASUG IT Operations Alliance Community's Task Force Lead and an SAP Insider Expert focused on application lifecycle management. SAP chose Craig to speak at the 40TH annual SAP Max Attention Summit in Waldorf, Germany, where he outlined the benefits of deploying a fully integrated ITSM system through Solution Manager and the value it enabled for his employer. Craig Brown is a visionary leader in the IT industry and a proven asset to any organization he serves, leveraging his vast knowledge and expertise to drive success.
  • Paul DeCrane

    Paul is the Americas partner and practice leader at Zanders providing management consulting services to a wide range of global financial services, corporations, NGOs and public organizations in the areas of corporate finance, treasury, and risk. Paul is responsible for managing client engagements with a market leading consulting team of finance experts having professional experience…
  • Erik Mekelburg
    Expert since 2022

    As regional Vice President, Erik Mekelburg leads SAP’s customer success team, including customer engagement and sales vision, strategy and execution for large enterprise customers across 18 industries in the West region of SAP North America. In his nearly two decades at SAP and as part of its ecosystem, he served in roles across core software…
  • Thomas Neudenberger

    Thomas Neudenberger started his SAP Security Journey in 2002 when he founded realtime North America in the World Trade Center in Tampa. realtime is a 35-year-old European software consulting firm and IT service provider who developed the first 2FA/MFA for SAP technology called bioLock in the early 2000. The mission was to establish an enforceable…
  • Aric Quinones
    Expert since 2022

    Aric is a Managing Director at Protiviti who leads the SAP Practice and Technology Consulting Practice in the East. For over 20 years, Aric has been helping clients manage digital transformations with the implementation and maintenance of SAP and the surrounding ecosystem. He is one of Protiviti’s firm-wide experts in S/4, Central Finance, Finance Transformation,…
  • James Roeske
    Expert since 2021

    James Roeske is CEO and Co-Founder of the Customer Advisory Group LLC. James has over 27 years of SAP Security, Audit, GRC, and executive management experience. Over those years, James has had a professional focus on technical configuration of SAP security, segregation of duty design, user provisioning solutions, GRC software solution design, and corporate compliance implementations for companies around the world. Prior to founding the Customer Advisory Group, Mr. Roeske held strategic positions at Virsa Systems, SAP America, and SAP Canada. This has allowed him to lead, plan, and participate in over 280 SAP GRC and security projects for some of the largest and most complex compliance environments across the globe.
  • Marie-Luise Wagener-Kirchner
    Expert since 2021

    Marie-Luise Wagener-Kirchner has more than 24 years of SAP experience in auditing, consulting, training, and architecture for various releases and SAP solutions. She worked for seven years in the consulting area as a senior SAP auditor and as a consultant with clients from multiple industries, for five years as the global SAP security and compliance…